A Deserted House by Helen Welshimer
A fragmented verse recalls a deserted house with rambling roses and memories of past prayers. The speaker gazes from a porch window as rain falls and hopes for a man to return home.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
6
A fragmented verse recalls a deserted house with rambling roses and memories of past prayers. The speaker gazes from a porch window as rain falls and hopes for a man to return home.
The toy club of the Ennis Street church near Pick att Mills will serve meals in the grove near C. and G. grocery on Redding Street Saturday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. A reasonable plate charge will fund church benefits.
Residents and guests circulate through Lexington and nearby towns. Ella Kate Jones visits relatives on route one while Mrs. Charles M. Jones returns from Kinston and Norfolk after attending Edna Cox and J B Gilbert’s wedding. Mrs. Ida Mae Evans extends her stay from Port Huron with Mrs. Haunschild. Mrs. Hauschild recovers at Burrus Memorial after surgery. Mrs. Mooney remains very ill at Burrus Memorial. Pauline Blackburn is seriously ill at home on Whiteoak Street for three weeks.
At 3 00 p m the Philomathan club gathers with Mrs H A Millin on North Main Street. Also at 3 00 p m Mrs St Clark hosts Priscilla club at 538 Park Way. At 7 45 p m the American Legion Australy meets with Mrs Rodney Snow on Woodbrook Court with associate hostesses Mrs Hiram Armet trout Mrs J I Groome and Mrs Horace Haworth.
A literary and musical program featured Milne and Simpson songs, Puccini arias, and a Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland with characters including Alice Miss Margaret Hauser and Mad Hatter. Mrs L C Matton accompanied afternoon performances as guests moved to a silver crystal tea dining room with summer flowers and desserts served by League members.
Dr Morris Fishreiv discusses summer diarrhea in infants known as summer complaint. He notes individual differences in daily bowel movements, influenced by breastfeeding versus artificial feeding, and highlights germs in milk as the main cause when milk is not properly cooled. Breastfed babies are less affected.
A fragment notes milk must be kept cool to prevent germ growth. Pasteurization destroys or inhibits germs, but contamination risk returns after distribution.
The text notes that while infection causes most cases, summer illness in infants also ties to fevers, overfeeding sugar or rich cream, and inadequate nutrition. Undernourished babies struggle to digest food, contributing to illness.
The High Point high school golf team played at Chapel Hill aiming for the state meet title and individual honors. Winston Salem is favored to retain its crown. Team members include Buster Moffitt Charles Diffendale Jack Garrett Sappenfield Brownlow and Poe of Durham High.
An operetta titled The Land of Dreams Come True will be presented at Brentwood School at 8 o clock. About 200 children participate with group and solo singing. the show lasts about an hour under the direction of Mrs Dan R Schroder and Miss Lelia Shore Thomas. Virginia Frank leads the music with the school orchestra. Scenery props are by Mrs L R Johnston with costumes chaired by Mrs J C Moore and Miss Anvabelle Thompson handles public city and program duties.
F. E. Creasey of Fairfield Road High Point Route three delivered a 32 inch red ground snake to the Enterprise. He caught the serpent at Pamlico Sound, reporting the find.
The field features strong contenders from Greenville Charlotte Henderson High Point Greensboro Fayetteville Raleigh Scotland Neck and Rocky Mount. Poe has won most matches in three years, with a rare defeat to Brownlow by two strokes in a recent dual meet.
The Pierette Players of Salem College will stage Sophocles Electra on the campus lower lawn Saturday at 4 PM. Music for the Greek choruses is by Charles Wardell of the college music faculty. The production, in costume, marks the third year of Greek plays at Salem with prior success. A small admission fee will be charged.
The Executive Council of North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union will meet at the First Methodist Protestant Church tonight at 7:30. Final plans for the State convention at High Point College, June 23 through 16, will be made. all members urged to attend.
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